Benjamin Miles
Dr. Benjamin Miles is Assistant Professor of Music at Wright State University in Dayton, OH, where he teaches tuba and euphonium, performs with the Faculty Brass Quintet, and teaches courses in Music Technology and Orchestration. In addition to his duties at Wright State University, he is Principal Tuba in the Richmond (IN) Symphony and performs regularly in the Dayton and Cincinnati areas. He has also performed with the Galliard Brass Ensemble (MI), the Pinnacle Brass Quintet (AR), Detroit Chamber Brass, the Michigan Chamber Brass, the Bay Street Brassworks (MD), and Disney's touring show "The Lion King." Prior to his appointment at Wright State, he served on the faculty at the University of Central Arkansas. He has performed as a soloist at the International Tuba and Euphonium International and Regional Conferences and was the winner of the 2005 Leonard Falcone International Artist Tuba Competition, held at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in western Michigan. He received his degrees from Michigan State University, Penn State University, and the State University of New York, College at Fredonia. His principal teachers include Phil Sinder, Marty Erickson, and C. Rudolph Emilson.